The Middle Ages - A Distant Mirror' Medieval Life and Death and Medievalism through the Centuries

17 November 2010. Professor Graham Caie FRSEin conversation with Dr Chris Jones

Far from being the Dark or Middle Ages,the Medieval Period (c.500-1400 AD) was a vibrant and culturally exciting time that changed dramatically from its Germanic origins in Anglo-Saxon times to the later romance culture in the Norman period. It was an age in which the majority of people were illiterate and so learned aurally and visually. For that reason,it is important to consider the paintings, frescoes, sculpture, drama and music in addition to the written legacy of the period. In this distinctive 'in conversation' event, Dr Chris Jones and Professor Graham Caie will discuss some major issues of the period, as well as the attraction of medievalism in later periods, concluding with attitudes to mortality and death.

Graham Caie FRSE is Vice Principal, Clerk of Senate and Professor of English Language at the University of Glasgow. He specialises in Old and Middle English language and literature, has edited medieval texts and written extensively on topics such as Old English eschatology, Beowulf, medieval drama, Chaucer, manuscript studies and electronic editing.

Chris Jones received his BA from King's College London and an MA in Old English and Old Norse from Queen's University, Belfast. At St Andrews University he researched his PhD on the role and influence of Old English in nineteenth- and twentieth-century poetry. He was awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship from 2007 to 2010 to write a History of Lineation in English Verse

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• Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Middle Ages
• Medievalism
• Graham Caie
• Chris Jones
• Scotland